The world, robbed of the haunting presence of the indwelling deity,
becomes irreligious and profane.
It is not hard to believe that the west's
becoming irreligious will also influence their economic standing in the world.
For every person who disavows religion because some ancient and unrevised dogma outrages his intelligence, several
become irreligious because the social impotence of religion outrages their conscience.3
Not exact matches
So you're right, America has
become very
irreligious and amoral.
«Between twenty and thirty I gradually
became more and more agnostic and
irreligious, yet I can not say that I ever lost that «indefinite consciousness» which Herbert Spencer describes so well, of an Absolute Reality behind phenomena.
Especially in Jesus» time, under foreign rule, most of the rich people compromised with the pagan rulers and
became worldly and
irreligious, while the poor more often remained faithful.
The need for belief in God say in the US, where it is almost impossible to
become a political leader and be
irreligious.